WAYNE, NJ – Rutgers-Newark, coming off of an upset of No. 3 nationally-ranked Stevens on Tuesday, fell, 6-1, to William Paterson in a New Jersey Athletic Conference match in WPU Soccer Park.

BOX SCORE & PLAY-BY-PLAY

Junior midfielder Ronald Quiroz, who put all four of his attempts on goal, posted the Scarlet Raiders' lone goal in the 53rd minute on a feed from junior defender Bryan Boyer to trim the lead to 4-1.

The Pioneers (12-3-2, NJAC 5-2-1) got the first goal on a Raider own goal just 64 seconds into the contest off of a WPU corner kick which was knocked in by a Rutgers-Newark defender. Just 2:48 later, freshman forward Kene Eze scored what proved to be the game winner off of an assist from freshman forward Mike Lowe.

Rutgers-Newark never got the chance to recover as sophomore forward Naeem Boucher notched a goal and an assist as the Pioneers tacked on two more first-half markers.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jonathan Frances (4-6-1) allowed four goals on just seven Pioneer shots in the opening period while WPU junior Zach Collins needed to make just two saves on four Rutgers-Newark shots. Collins finished with six saves.

Senior goalkeeper Matt Zielyk made five saves in the second half while allowing two goals. In the 72nd minute, a corner kick by junior forward Anthony Ferrer was deflected by a Raider defender into the goal. Senior forward Julian Valerio scored his second goal of the contest on a cross from freshman midfielder Matt Nigro to cap the scoring in the 85th minute.

Valerio scored on a cross from deep on the left side by Boucher in the 36th minute before Boucher sent in a goal under just under the crossbar off of an assist from Dan Fulmer.

Rutgers-Newark (10-7-1, NJAC 1-6-1) hosts Richard Stockton at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the final NJAC regular season match.

The Raiders have added a non-conference match on Alumni Field against Berkeley College for Wednesday, November 3, when Rutgers-Newark will celebrate Senior Night.